Tag: meeting tips
Marvel’s “Black Panther” Is a Reminder on the Importance of Teamwork
Marvel has impressed audiences again with its latest Black Panther superhero movie, which provides meeting planners with valuable lessons in teamwork.
Pave a Path to Success With 5 Tips From Powerful Business Women
And now, a few words of wisdom women-to-women from some of the most successful business women of our time.
Good or Bad? The Incomplete Stories That We Tell Ourselves (and Our Clients)
There’s an ancient parable about a wise farmer who went through different trials and tribulations with the same response: “Good or bad? Hard to say.”
How to Plan More Accessible Meetings
Here are nine tips Matthias Schultze, managing director of the German Convention Bureau, suggests for meeting planners looking to make meetings more accessible.
What We Can Learn From National Lampoon’s Holiday Fiascos
Take note from Clark Griswold in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” on ways to avoid the holiday chaos during these last events of 2017.
5 Ways to Attract & Retain Millennial Talent
As meeting planners continue to expand their staffs with employees from this younger generation, it’s important to remember these key ways to attract and retain top millennial talent.
5 Tips to Save Money with Meeting Apps
For planners, the most appealing perk of tech may be its ability to help save money at meetings and conferences.
Don’t Bite the Apple! And Other Negotiation Traps
The messages behind folkloric tales still ring true today—so much so that meeting planners can use them to navigate the enchanted forest of negotiation.
3 Ways to Build Attendee Trust Using Social Proof
Using these three methods of social proof will help give your attendees the confirmation they need from others.
Technologies Planners Should Consider After the Apple Launch
Here are just a few of the new tech advantages meeting planners should consider when determining which iPhone to buy next.
How Rihanna’s Summer Reinventions Can Inspire Events
Rihanna seems to be particularly popular right now, and a lot of that can be attributed to her ability to make classic events, movies and songs cool again.
4 Foolproof Contingency Plans Courtesy of “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Lackluster attention to the “what if” scenarios of event planning can quickly toss your event into its own version of the "Gilead Period,” a dour reality imagined in author Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid's Tale.”
3 Tips for Millennials Who Are Now Bosses
As managers of Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers, millennials have found themselves in the interesting predicament of managing older staff members who have been working much longer.
Manage An Event Crisis “Game of Thrones” Style
“The powerful have always preyed on the powerless; that’s how they become powerful in the first place.”